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Instacast for android12/17/2022 ![]()
So it still is a good idea to go Android. Still, it has a huge user base and I don’t see it getting smaller in the near future and I’m sure Google will try to fix the fragmentation issue as much as possible. Even if you only use what your manufacturer makes available it’s no simple task to update. Still, most ppl are stuck with the bugs and security issues. I haven’t moved to a Cyanogen build yet but I will. Instacast for android android#Samsung hasn’t fixed it yet in their Android version (I’m talking about the Galaxy S). Version 2.3.3 has an annoying bug that when it triggers your battery is drained to death (gotta take it out and wait a few seconds to fully reset the bug) and it seems to be random. Instacast for android update#Samsung is DAMN slow to update the system. There needs to be a way to easily update the core from whatever source while keeping manufacturer modifications somewhat intact. Never happened before □ģ- Indeed it’s an issue. Collapse replies (2) Reply View in chronologyġ- true enough, I didn’t think about Apple being vengeful. Compare that to Ubuntu which is 6 months with 1 yrs support per version.īut again, there are people who like to do complete OS re-install every other week. ![]() With the new policy, M$ said every 3yrs, with at least 5yrs support per version. So what’s that solution differ from say installing a version of Windows? Well, there are long period of time between windows version. Instacast for android full#Of course there are ways to avoid full re-install when upgrading, but that’s mainly for intermediate to advanced users. Instacast for android upgrade#Problem is, there are no guarantee that the next version is compatible with the current one, so to upgrade safely we have to do full re-install. Ubuntu, for example, release new version every 6 months. But to keep up with the speed of FOSS dev, many snapshots are required, hence the fast moving version of those distros. Ubuntu, Mint, or AFAIK most Linux distros try to mitigate the problem with snapshot release model, where all related software versions are frozen and packed for the end user to install. After that, imagine what has to be done to make a “mainstream” distro. They expose the complexities of building a Linux system. Try out distros with rolling release model, like Arch or Gentoo. IMHO the Linux, or FOSS in general, dev and release model made it hard for anyone to build a mainstream distros easily installable like windows does (dunno about MacOSX, avoid it like a plague). ![]() I don’t think the “Linuxtards” is that “egocentric” not making “mainstream” distros. More evidence of Apple becoming a rather evil gatekeeper, rather than an enabler of new and interesting ideas.įiled Under: apps, gatekeeper, instacast, micropayments, podcasting, podcatching, walled garden ![]() In response, Vemedio is very reluctantly removing Flattr from its app, meaning podcasters just lost a good way of making money, all because Apple can’t control it. Vemedio (the makers of Instacast) along with the folks at Flattr appealed to Apple that this was ridiculous… but Apple issued a final decision rejecting the app. Instacast, a popular app for downloading and listening to podcasts on the iOS platform, integrated Flattr back in February, but in early May the arbitrary gatekeepers at Apple rejected the app because the Flattr integration went against Apple’s demands that all in-app payments go through its own system. And some podcasting/podcatching apps have tried to accommodate this. Apparently, simple integration allowing people to designate some money for podcasters has just “felt right” for lots of users who do exactly that. One purpose for which micropayment solution Flattr (which we use here on Techdirt) has certainly caught on is providing a way for people to support podcasts. ![]()
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